145 Lessons

Nothing Like Prayer with Repentance
Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l | 16 Shvat 5785
Why do some people spit while reciting “Aleinu?”
Rabbi Ari N Enkin | 24 Sivan 5784
Lecha Dodi- Changing the Tune
Rabbi Ari N Enkin | 20 Sivan 5784

Saying Kaddish
How Many Should be Saying Kaddish?
How Many Should be Saying Kaddish?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 7 Iyar 5784

Ask the Rabbi: The Chazan’s Pre-Birkat Kohanim Practice
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 13 Elul 5783

Say a Prayer, and Beware
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 5783

An Oleh Who Wants to Lain His Aliya
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tammuz 5783

Early Maariv
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Nissan 5783

Nefilat Apayim without a Sefer Torah
What are the rules of when one does and does not do Nefilat Apayim (putting one’s head down and partially covering it) during Tachanun?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar 5783

Between Yishtabach and Borchu
Since Az Yashir, which concludes pesukei dezimra, is in parshas Beshalach, this article about the conclusion of Pesukei Dezimra is most appropriate.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

May I Eat before I Daven?
Since the Gemara notes that a source in this week’s parsha teaches that Yaakov introduced the Maariv prayers…
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 4 Kislev 5783

What Is The Power Of A Bracha?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Cheshvan 29 5783

Blended and Synthetic Tzitzis
According to Chazal, as reward for Avraham turning down the king of Sodom’s offer, and declining to take even a chut, a thread, his descendants were rewarded with the mitzvah of tzitzis.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Cheshvan 8 5783

Mother’s Name for prayers for Ill Convert
What is the correct formula in prayers for Ill Convert
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Cheshvan 5 5783

May I Daven in English?
The end of parshas Noach teaches about the beginning of languages…
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Cheshvan 5 5783

Taking Over as Chazan after Yishtabach
I was supposed to take over as chazan at Yishtabach, but I absentmindedly said Yishtabach quietly as the previous chazan was finishing Az Yashir. I quickly asked him to say Yishtabach and Chatzi Kaddish, after which I took over. Was this appropriate?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tishrei 29 5783

Chazan Having Trouble Taking Three Steps Back
As chazan, I was unable to take three steps back after my silent Shemoneh Esrei because someone was davening close behind me even when the gabbai signaled me to start chazarat hashatz. What should I have done at that point?
Rabbi Daniel Mann

Grand Opening!
Why is Kaddish in Aramaic? Isn’t it prohibited to pray in Aramaic and Arabic? In which arm does a lefty hold the sefer Torah? Do I join everyone in reciting Berich She’mei when I am in the middle of pesukei dezimra?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 21 5782

Taking out the Sefer Torah
Which Keil erech apayim should I say? My wife is due to give birth shortly, and I am saying kaddish for my father. On the days that the Torah is read, should I l daven before the amud”, open the aron hakodesh, or do both? When do I recite Berich She’mei?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 15 5782
